Catatonia is a complex syndrome characterized by a wide spectrum of speech, motor and behavior disturbances; according to the fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM-V), a diagnosis of catatonia can be made if at least 3 out of the following 12 conditions are observed: mutism, stupor, cataplexy, waxy flexibility, agitation, negativism, posturing, mannerisms, stereotypes, grimacing, echolalia or echopraxia [2]. However, several other neurological and neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms can be encountered in a catatonic patient [3], thus generating clinical overlap with a number of conditions such as extrapyramidal side effects, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, non-convulsive status epilepticus, locked-in syndrome, vegetative state, stiff person syndrome and akinetic mutism [4].

Reply to “post-surgical mutism and catatonia” / Nicita, Francesco; Paiano, Milena; Liberatore, Mauro; Spalice, Alberto; Papoff, Paola; Ullo, MARIA CRISTINA; Piccirilli, Manolo; Clerico, Anna; Schiavetti, Amalia. - In: ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. - ISSN 0001-6268. - ELETTRONICO. - 159:7(2017), pp. 1255-1256. [10.1007/s00701-017-3173-5]

Reply to “post-surgical mutism and catatonia”

NICITA, Francesco
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PAIANO, MILENA;LIBERATORE, Mauro;SPALICE, ALBERTO;PAPOFF, PAOLA;ULLO, MARIA CRISTINA;PICCIRILLI, MANOLO;CLERICO, Anna;SCHIAVETTI, Amalia
2017

Abstract

Catatonia is a complex syndrome characterized by a wide spectrum of speech, motor and behavior disturbances; according to the fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM-V), a diagnosis of catatonia can be made if at least 3 out of the following 12 conditions are observed: mutism, stupor, cataplexy, waxy flexibility, agitation, negativism, posturing, mannerisms, stereotypes, grimacing, echolalia or echopraxia [2]. However, several other neurological and neuropsychiatric signs and symptoms can be encountered in a catatonic patient [3], thus generating clinical overlap with a number of conditions such as extrapyramidal side effects, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, non-convulsive status epilepticus, locked-in syndrome, vegetative state, stiff person syndrome and akinetic mutism [4].
2017
Surgery; neurology (clinical); catatonia
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Reply to “post-surgical mutism and catatonia” / Nicita, Francesco; Paiano, Milena; Liberatore, Mauro; Spalice, Alberto; Papoff, Paola; Ullo, MARIA CRISTINA; Piccirilli, Manolo; Clerico, Anna; Schiavetti, Amalia. - In: ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. - ISSN 0001-6268. - ELETTRONICO. - 159:7(2017), pp. 1255-1256. [10.1007/s00701-017-3173-5]
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